Communia News

Privilege and Property. Essays on the History of Copyright

Bernardo Parrella — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 02:46:01 +0200

What can and can’t be copied is a matter of law, but also of aesthetics, culture, and economics. The act of copying, and the creation and transaction of rights relating to it, evokes fundamental notions of communication and censorship, of authorship and ownership – of privilege and property.

"Privilege and Property" is a collection of 15 essays for 450 pages, edited by Ronan Deazley, Martin Kretschmer and Lionel Bently, and available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.0 License on the Open Book publishers website. [28jul10]

Open Book publishers

Bernardo Parrella — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 02:33:12 +0200

Free online access to UK academic works. [27jul10]

Study of Open Access Publishing

Bernardo Parrella — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 02:24:13 +0200

Survey on practices and attitudes towards Open Access publishing. [20jul10]

University & Cyberspace Conference: all slides presentations available

Bernardo Parrella — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:42:18 +0200

We are continuing the process of reviewing and organizing the considerable material produced in the three-day event in Torino (28-30 June). The main Conference page now includes all slides presentations, ready for downloading. Also available are the video-streaming recordings, divided in morning and afternoon sessions for each day. A useful timetable and recap about such video-streaming sessions is also available here, thanks to Mark Vanderbeeken and his Experientia project. [14jul10]

Conference material and video-streaming archive

Bernardo Parrella — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 08:59:42 +0200

THANK YOU everybody for making this three-day conference a successful and exciting event!
We are currently putting together the full proceedings and other material, while the video-streaming recordings, divided in morning and afternoon sessions for each day, are already available. [04jul10]

"University & Cyberspace" Conference: second day underway

Bernardo Parrella — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:54:41 +0200

The second day of our Conference is going strong, with exciting panels and lots of attendees interaction — here is the on-going live streaming on the web.

Reports, interviews and more coverage is available on the Italian daily La Stampa's website, while several video-interviews with speakers and other material is being produced by the Polimedia awesome team. And don't forget the Twitter stream at #communia! [29jun10]

COMMUNIA 2010 “University and Cyberspace” Conference Kick-off

Bernardo Parrella — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 19:49:33 +0200

Almost 400 people from all over the world are convening in Torino (Italy) for the COMMUNIA 2010 “University and Cyberspace” Conference, starting tomorrow Monday June 28 at the Politecnico di Torino. This is a one-of-a-kind event featuring three days of academics, policymakers, visionaries, entrepreneurs, architects, and activists addressing some of the most significant issues facing universities in a networked age through keynotes, plenary sessions, high order bits, break out discussions, dinners, and celebrations.

The event is free and open to the public but registration is required -- there are still a few seats left for registering (and attending) directly at the main campus of Politecnico di Torino. [27jun10]

COMMUNIA 2010 Conference: Full program ready!

Bernardo Parrella — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 18:43:06 +0200

The full agenda for the COMMUNIA 2010 “University and Cyberspace” conference has now been posted! The program features three days of academics, policymakers, visionaries, entrepreneurs, architects, and activists addressing some of the most significant issues facing universities in a networked age through keynotes, plenary sessions, high order bits, break out discussions, dinners, and celebrations.

We look forward to joining the speakers and the hundreds of COMMUNIA members and other registered attendees in conversation next week in Torino. If you have not already registered, there is still time – registration is free and can be done online here. [22jun10]

Video presentation about the "University and Cyberspace" Conference

Luca Leschiutta — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 16:24:41 +0200

In the following YouTube video, Urs Gasser (Berkman Center) and Juan Carlos De Martin (Communia) introduce the main topics to be addressed at the upcoming University and Cyberspace Conference. The presentation took place at the recent "Torino International Book Fair". [16jun10]

Copyright, Related Rights and the Public Domain

Bernardo Parrella — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 02:49:23 +0200

A scoping study by COMMUNIA member Prof. Severine Dusollier. [14jun10]